Improvement in vehicle-springs



J. HIRONIMUS. Vehi0leSpring.

No. 218,628. Patented Aug. 19,1879.

N-PETERS, PHOTO l-ITHOGFIAPHER. WASKINGYON. D Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HIRONIMUS, OF MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT l.N VEHICLE-SPRINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,628, dated August19, 1879; application filed March 22, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HIRONIMUS, of Mount Vernon, in the county ofPosey and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Springs and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention appertains to springs for buggies and other lightvehicles.

The improvement relates to the construction and combination of springsand certain adjuncts with a brace, all as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the under sideof the brace and springs, constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional View, and Fig. 4 is anend view.

Referring by letters to these several figures, in which like lettersindicate likeparts, A represents the brace, and B the portion of a buggyto which the said brace is securely fastened by means of the bolt 1) andnuts I). This brace is composed of a central straight portion, a, whichlies flat upon the under side of the wood-work B,"and through which twoof the bolts 11 pass, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3. The two endportions of the brace haveacurvature approximating to a semicircle, theextreme ends being, however, straightened out, as at a so as to allowthe nuts of the bolts which pass through the same to be seated closelythereon when said nuts are tightened up. Formed integral with this braceare four dependent lugs or wings, M, which constitute two eyes for thebolts D. These bolts are headed upon one end and screw-threaded upon theother, for reception of nuts a asrshown in Fig. 2.

O 0 represent two springs, having their upper ends secured upon thebolts D, andtheir lower ends, 0 0 adapted to be, respectively, securedto the axle and head-block of the vehicle. Each spring is strengthenedby a short auxiliary spring, 0, which has less resiliency than the mainspring, whereby danger of breakage at these points is greatly lessened.Between the short springG Oand the curved ends of the brace A are thepieces d d, which may be of elastic material. At such points the springsO 0, pieces d d, and brace A are bound firmly together by means of theclips 0, the ends of which pass through lugs a a, formed integral withthe brace A.

The curved ends of the brace may be tempered so as to have some spring,in which case the springs will be of the compound-spring order.

What I claim is- 1. In combination with the springs 0, secured upon thebolts D D, the brace A, formed with the straight portion a and curvedlugs a and lugs a all constructed and arranged as specified. v

2. The brace A, formed and adapted to be secured to a vehicle-body, asset forth, in combination with the spring 0, secured upon the bolts D,the short auxiliary springs G, the pieces d, interposed between thesprings and the end portions of the brace, and the clips 0, secured tothe lugs a all constructed and arranged as herein shown and specified.

3. In combination with the springs O O, the brace A, composed of anintermediate straight portion, a, curved ends a, and dependent lugs aall formed in one piece, substantially as shown, and for the purposespecified.

In'testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

JOHN HIRONIMUS. Witnesses:

DAVID WEISDIGER, WILLIAM TOPPER.

